Yokota High School (YHS) is a high school located on Yokota Air Base, Japan. It is part of the Department of Defense Education Activity.

It is in the Yokota Air Base South area, - .mil site. and in the municipality of Fussa.Compare physical location of school to this map of Fussa

History

Yokota High School started construction in the 1970s after a deal was struck with the Government of Japan to modernize Yokota Air Base in exchange for Air Force property in Greater Tokyo. Yokota High School officially opened in 1973.

The school was designed as a "school with open doors" and students had a modular schedule containing 27 mods that they could choose from. The modular schedule continued under the next 2 principals.

Renovations The school has gone through some renovations, including an artificial turf field, with both football and soccer lines and a surrounding track, which was built in 2012 at a cost of $1.2 million.

New school Starting in 2015 a new school was planned and the breaking ground ceremony took place on May 19, 2015; officially starting the construction period for the new school. The new school was built and completed in August 2017. Most of the old building has been torn down to make way for a soccer field and open land that will be given back to the Air Force. The new building is a 21st-century school and is the second 21st-century school in DoDEA. Each classroom has movable glass walls that are built to reflect the new method of learning which values collaboration.

Extracurricular activities Yokota High School offers a great amount of extracurricular activities for Academics or Sports for students to participate in. Most also have Far East Programs.

Academics

Air Force JROTC Analogue Game Club Art Club Band Chorus Debate Drama Model United Nations National Honor Society FE Creative Expression FE Film & Entertainment FE FTC Robotics FE Journalism FE LinguaFest FE Music FE STEM Garage Band Student Government Association Spanish Club Yearbook Poetry Club

Sports

Fall sports

Cheerleading Cross Country Football Tennis Volleyball

Winter sports

Basketball (Boys/Girls) Cheerleading Wrestling

Spring sports

Baseball Softball Boys soccer Girls soccer Track and field

See also List of high schools in Tokyo

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